Rachael Scarborough King, New Haven (CT) Register, August 22, 2008 State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a formal opposition to a possible expansion of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, saying the facility poses “monstrous risks.” The comments refer to a draft environmental impact statement for the site prepared by the US Department of Homeland Security that analyzes the feasibility and effect of building the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in one of six locations nationwide. Plum Island, in Long Island Sound, now handles biosafety level 3 work ... Blumenthal